Re: [T3] Generator Light

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 17 May 2005 at 21:16, Constantino Tobio wrote:

> Russ Wolfe wrote:

> >domestic part number is 7395 and put half the shims in the middle of the
> >pulley.

> Digging up some info from my former life selling auto parts...
> 
> The part number 7395 would be a Gates or Dayco part number. Not sure
> what Goodyear's equivalent would be.
> 
> By the way, the part number is translated as follows
> 
> 7- #7 size belt, I forget how wide the sizes were. Common were 7, 8, and
> 9, increasing in thickness.
> 395- 39.5 inches, which is, uh, 1000mm or 1m.

1m = 39.37" but maybe .5 is as close as they try to get.

> The T1 belt is a 7355 according to one parts guide, which would make it
> 4 inches shorter in total length. I would have thought the T1 belt to be
> much shorter, since the crank pulley is smaller I think the genny is
> closer to the crank.

I thought the beetle belt was 1007 or 1008mm, but there were probably different 
belts for different era beetles.

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